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Pella, Iowa – A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a sustainable downward path.

They enthusiastically tackled the job in the hope that these kinds of decisions, which they made through an interactive exercise on the federal budget in Pella, will also be made by the 2016 presidential candidates in the campaign.

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WASHINGTON --
The Concord Coalition urged Congress and the new Administration to proceed with great
caution as they consider what to do with the $3.1 trillion non-Social Security surplus
projected today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
With two-thirds -- or $2.1 trillion -- of that amount... Read More

An HHS-appointed Medicare Technical Review Panel charged with evaluating the methods and assumptions underlying the Trustees' projections has released its final report. Its main conclusion: The Trustees are greatly underestimating Medicare's long-term cost. The Concord Coalition applauds the Panel... Read More

WASHINGTON -- The
Concord Coalition is proud to announce that former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) has
joined Concord's Board of Directors. Kerrey
served his home state of Nebraska as Governor from 1983-87 and as U.S. Senator for two
terms, from 1989 to 2001. He currently serves
as President of... Read More

SSA recently released its FY 2000 financial statement, or "Performance and Accountability Report." The report is the first to reflect new federal accounting rules, years in the making, that are supposed to ensure a more complete and accurate presentation of the government's long-term financial... Read More

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today released
an issue brief that describes how Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore
plan to use the projected budget surplus. Entitled
“The Surplus Field of Dreams: Build it
and they will come,” the brief and accompanying chart (Requires... Read More

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition warned today that if
discretionary spending continues to grow at the same rate it has in recent years,
two-thirds of the projected 10-year non-Social Security surplus would disappear.
“There is a fiscal disconnect between Washington and the
campaign... Read More

This presidential debates are underscoring important differences in the candidates' budget plans. The public, however, may be missing a fundamental similarity. Both candidates assume that we've entered an era of guaranteed fiscal plenty in which the only hard choice is how to divvy up a large and... Read More

WASHINGTON -- The
Concord Coalition has placed a full-page advertisement in this
Sunday's New
York Times (October 1, 2000) offering voters hard facts and five questions to
ask the candidates about Social Security reform.
The ad is signed by Concord Coalition Co-Chairs, former Senators... Read More